The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-13
General and miscellaneous.

Joseph F. True. the veteran travelling passen-
ger agent, who entered the service of the Lake
Shore road in 1860, died in Buffalo, n. Y. Sun
day morning.
lake division of the Manitoba road. The con-
tractors have agreed to complete the road be-
tween Miuott and Helena by Sept. l.
1t is understood that negotiations for the
transfer by the Michigan Central railway of the
entire Canada Southern line to the Canadian
Pacific are in progress, and are likely to be soon
completed.
The rates on canned goods from San Francisco
to Missouri river points now 81. 40 per 100
pounds. to Chicago. 81. SO. or 55 cents per
dozen; the increase over the old rates to such
points is q cents per dozen, or AZ cents per
case
The Baltimore & Ohio road began this week
the erection of new depot in Pittshurg
When finished it will be of the finest build
ings in that city. All the officers of that division
of the B. e. o. system will be accom- modated in
it. The structure is to be completed by Nov /,
1888
Leading bankers in New York, who own the
Nevada & California road, have closed con-
tract for the building of an extension sixty
miles further north. A steel company of Eng.
land is to furnish the rails, which are to be de-
livered at San Francisco in May and June 1t
Is proposed to push this road next year to the
Oregon line.
President Clark, of the N. Y, N. II. & Fl.
property, has already arranged to make the run
of the express trains between New York and New
Haven, seventy four miles, in hour and
forty minutes. the old time being two hours and
ten minutes: and he says that within two years
the express trains over that road and the con-
Meeting lines for Boston will be making the run
in five hours between New York and Boston, so
perfect will be their track and equipments.
The Chicago Journal of Commerce will to-
day publish a complete resume of the track
LAYING and railway Du0iUp of the Vrnitod tat
for 1887, as collected by correspondence ex-
tending over the whole country, and from which
1t appears that there is track projected
amounting to p. BAT miles, at least 10 900 of
which, it is claimed. will be laid this year.
There are accounts also furnished of old track
to be relaid of Is, $50 miles. This would require
according to the Journals estimates fully
$780, 600 tons of steel rails. -,.tlz
1t transpires that the Interstate-commerce
Commission has made the sare concession to
the Mobile 81 Ohio railroad that it made to the
Louisville d Nashville in respect to the long and
short-h haul clause in connection with waterway
competition, and that the road is using its
old tariff The Iron Mountain officers so far as
known. have made no application to the commits
sion for privileges in the territory east of the
Mississippi river and the Cairo Short-line and
the Illinois Central do not seem TO have taken
any action yet IN that direction.
At the general time convention, which con
venes to-day in New York city, a special com
mittee Is to be appointed to arrange for uni
formity for the spring time schedules. which will
go into effect about May l. Some of the super
intendents who will be in attendance will
strongly favor the increasing of the spee.l of the
through express trains while others will oppose
it. and good deal of interest is taken in the
outcome of the discussion on the question
The report of the committee on train rules will
also be received. The work of this committee
will result in uniform set of rules being
adopted by all the roads of the country